Unlike other revolutionaries, Hindutva icon wrote 5 mercy petitions to British masters
By Shamsul Islam*
The Hindutva icon VD Savarkar of the RSS-BJP rulers of India submitted not one, two,or three but five mercy petitions to the...
UN Rights Group Seeks Information From Centre About Alleged Rights Violations Against 3 Kashmiris
A group of United Nations special rapporteurs, appointed to oversee the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms, has asked the Centre...
In Kashmir, Police Treat Pandemic As A Law-And-Order Problem
Srinagar: Every morning before beginning his 6-km journey from home to the Lal Ded hospital, Nasir Rashid, MBBS, made sure he carried identification.
It was...
The Guardian: Officials file false cases on Muslim leaders after demolishing their mosque
A local government administration in Uttar Pradesh has been accused of filing a “false and unfounded” police report against eight Muslim leaders who had...
Jabalpur: Dalit youths tonsured, forced to lick sputum for gifting a mobile phone to...
By Staff Reporter
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): A dalit youth along with his friend was tonsured, forced to lick sputum of each other and garlanded with shoes and...
“Stripped naked, hung upside down”: UN Rapporteurs on Waheed Para’s detention
Peoples Democratic Party leader, Waheed Para who is under detention was subjected to abusive interrogations after his arrest, which lasted from 10 to 12...
Kashmir’s ill-equipped health system and government’s push for tourism led to a COVID crisis
By Adil Rashid
In the first week of May, Qazi Idrees, a 29-year-old government employee, was making desperate calls to get a ventilator supported ICU...
Kashmiri journalist Aasif Sultan kept in jail for more than 1,000 days
By Bilal Kuchay
Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir – This month, Aasif Sultan, a journalist from Indian-administered Kashmir, completed 1,000 days in prison since his arrest in August 2018...
Veer Savarkar: Ideologue of Hindutva
By Vinay Lal
Vinayak Damodar (“Veer”) Savarkar can, with some justice, be described as the inspirational force behind the resurgence of militant Hinduism in contemporary...
Delhi riots: HC grants bail to accused, says ‘his identification is at variance’
Granting bail to an accused in a Northeast Delhi riots case, the Delhi High Court has said that the police’s identification of him before...
Explaining Modi Government’s Moves In Muslim-Majority Lakshadweep Islands – Analysis
By P. K. Balachandran
The newly appointed Administrator Praful Khoda Patel is tightening his grip to impose Hindu nationalism and its neo-liberal and strategic agendas
The...
Modi-Shah blunder over Lakshadweep
By T J S George
Our leaders have a special talent to turn peaceful landscapes into war zones. Remember how, one fine morning, Jammu & Kashmir...
COVID, Seva and Hindutva: The Agenda Behind Monopolising Pandemic Relief Work
By Anshul Trivedi
The brutal second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic has hit an ill-prepared India hard. There is a growing international consensus that in...
